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loose cannon |
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a loose cannon a person who cannot be completely trusted because their behaviour is sometimes strange or violent. He's seen as a loose cannon by other team members. If anyone's going to get into a fight, it'll be Pete. |
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Such practices that have been verified (for example, at Abu Ghraib) the administration attributes to loose cannons among the military's lower ranks. Does it not scare anyone to think we just might have some glory-seeking, greedy, power-mad, loose cannons among us here in the United States? Which sector will be flattened next by the loose cannons of investor disenchantment that are rolling around Wall Street? |
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